Higher Education Support Amendment (Demand Driven Funding System and Other Measures) Act 2011 (104 of 2011)

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to demand driven funding system

Part 1   Amendments

Higher Education Support Act 2003

14   Section 33-5

Repeal the section, substitute:

33-5 Basic grant amounts

(1) This section sets out how to work out the basic grant amount for a higher education provider for a year.

Basic grant amounts for Table A providers

(2) For a *Table A provider, the *basic grant amount for a year is the sum of:

(a) the amount for *designated courses of study (see subsection (3)); and

(b) the amount for *non-designated courses of study (see subsections (5) and (6)).

Table A providers - amount for designated courses of study

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), the amount for *designated courses of study is the lesser of:

(a) the sum of the amounts worked out, for each *funding cluster in which the provider has provided places in *designated courses of study, by multiplying:

(i) the *number of Commonwealth supported places provided by the provider in designated courses of study in that funding cluster; by

(ii) the *Commonwealth contribution amount for a place in that funding cluster; and

(b) either:

(i) if there is a *maximum basic grant amount specified in the provider’s funding agreement for designated courses of study - that specified amount; or

(ii) if there is no maximum basic grant amount specified in the provider’s funding agreement for designated courses of study - the amount worked out under subsection (4).

(4) For the purposes of subparagraph (3)(b)(ii), the amount is the sum of the amounts worked out, for each *funding cluster to which the Minister has allocated places to the provider under section 30-10, by multiplying:

(a) the *number of Commonwealth supported places allocated to that funding cluster; by

(b) the *Commonwealth contribution amount for a place in that funding cluster.

Table A providers - amount for non-designated courses of study

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) and subject to subsection (6), the amount for *non-designated courses of study is the lesser of:

(a) the sum of the amounts worked out, for each *funding cluster in which the provider has provided places in non-designated courses of study, by multiplying:

(i) the *number of Commonwealth supported places provided by the provider in non-designated courses of study in that funding cluster; by

(ii) the *Commonwealth contribution amount for a place in that funding cluster; and

(b) the *maximum basic grant amount specified in the provider’s funding agreement in relation to non-designated courses of study.

(6) If a *maximum basic grant amount is not specified in the provider’s funding agreement in relation to *non-designated courses of study, the amount for non-designated courses of study is the amount worked out under paragraph (5)(a).

Basic grant amounts for non-Table A providers

(7) For a provider that is not a *Table A provider, the *basic grant amount for a year is the lesser of:

(a) the sum of the amounts worked out, for each *funding cluster in which the provider has provided places, by multiplying:

(i) the *number of Commonwealth supported places provided by the provider in that funding cluster; by

(ii) the *Commonwealth contribution amount for a place in that funding cluster; and

(b) either:

(i) if there is a *maximum basic grant amount specified in the provider’s funding agreement - that specified amount; or

(ii) if there is no maximum basic grant amount specified in the provider’s funding agreement - the amount worked out under subsection (8).

(8) For the purposes of subparagraph (7)(b)(ii), the amount is the sum of the amounts worked out, for each *funding cluster to which the Minister has allocated places to the provider under section 30-10, by multiplying:

(a) the *number of Commonwealth supported places allocated to that funding cluster; by

(b) the *Commonwealth contribution amount for a place in that funding cluster.